Lincoln Center for one. Bookers of placeholders for another.
And people who get paid for writing bullshit like the OP article.
Control the narrative, control the product.
Tigers also have a possible advantage of having a very young team whose legs and arms are still fresh. Watching other games, I noticed the tiredness of the grind on a lot of players.
Will that be an actual factor. Maybe, maybe not. We shall see.
That also gives the market ample opportunity to bend, twist, and outright lie in the pursuit of monetary and mental ill-gotten against.
Everybody loves a lover, but never moreso when their lover is a liar.